Welcome to Bar Council

Himachal Pradesh.

With the establishment of the State of Himachal Pradesh, consequent upon the promulgation of the State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970, on January 25.1971, a separate High Court of Himachal Pradesh at Shimla came into being . Sprang therefrom , a separate Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh,too at Shimla under section 24 of the Advocates Act ,1961 . Prior to this , the enrollment of the advocates, implementation of certain provisions of the aforesaid Act and the rules framed thereunder and allied matters like welfare and conduct of the advocates remained with the Bar Council of composite Punjab and therafter wuth the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana. To begin with, as provided under section 24(5) of the Advocates'Act 1961, the Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh nominated 15 memberswho were required to be elected under Clause (b) of sub section (2) of section 3 of the Advocates ' Act from amongst the advovates who were entitled as of right to practise in the High Court of Himachal Pradesh, Read More...

Mr. Ramakant Sharma, Advocate, HIM/51/1988, S/o Mr. Munshi Ram Sharma,has been designated as Senior Advocate by the Hon?ble High Court of Himachal Pradeshon 4 th August, 2015 bearing No. HIM/SEN/ 14/2015.Mr. Ramakant Sharma was elected as Member, Bar Council of Himachal Pradeshfor the first time on 27 th August, 2000. Subsequently, he was elected as Member, BarCouncil of Himachal Pradesh for the second time in the election held in the month of
December, 2005 and was unanimously elected Chairman, Bar Council of Himachal
Pradesh for the first time from 12.01.2006 to 01.03.2008. He was once again elected
Chairman, Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh for the second time from 02.03.2008 to
12.09.2009. He was once again elected for the third time as Member Bar Council of
Himachal Pradesh in the election held in June, 2011.
Thereafter, for the fourth time he is elected as Member, Bar Council of Himachal
Pradesh for a further period of five years in the State Bar Council Election, 2018 and has
been unanimously elected for the third time as Chairman, Bar Council of Himachal
Pradesh w.e.f. 7 th August, 2018.